Building-plan unit



June 24 1924. 1,499,215

H. M. GRIFFIN BUILDING PLAN UNIT Fjiled Jan. 5.1923

INVENTOR- HHRRY M-Gfi/FF/N ATTORNEY Patented June 24, 1924.

STATES HARRY M... GRIFFIN, OF CONNERSVILLEINDIANA.

BUILDING-PLAN UNIT.

Application filed January 3, 1923. Serial No. 610,447.

To all whom it mayconcem: Be it known that I, HARRY M. GRIFFIN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Connersville, in the county ofFayette and 5 State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Imrovements in Building-Plan Units, of whicii the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to standardized 1 building plan units and isdesigned primarily for use in planning school buildings, although it maybe used for various other purposes. The prime object of the invention isthe construction of floor plans for such 1 buildin s in distinct units,said units being mounte on any suitable background, such as heavy cardboard. These units represent different structural features of a buildingsuch as rooms of various kinds, halls, etc., and they are so constructedas to be readily assembled and taken'a art to exhibit the variouspossible types 0' buildings that can be erected and so ofier toprospective builders at minimum expense and without apat preciabledelay, a number of different possible architectural plans.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the various unitsthat a plan which has been laid out can have units added thereto, orsubtracted therefrom, so that a floor plan that has been laid out can bechanged almost instantly, thereby aflording a wide range of choice allwithout material delay or expense and yet without confusion or haste.Other objects and advantages will be here- 'inafter more fully set forthand pointed out in the accompanying specification. v

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof andon which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a series of units in separated relation, and

Figure 2 is a similar view of a plurality of units in assembledformation.

In planning school buildings, which have not heretofore beenstandardized as to the 1 construction and dimensions of the various sorooms required, and as one building may require a more extensiveequipment than others, it has heretofore been necessary to construct anew set of plans for each build ing' erected thus necessitatingconsiderable delay and expense in getting the necessary plans to submitfor consideration.

To obviate these objectionable features in accordance with my invention,I prepare one complete set of plans and then separate them intovariousunits. Said units are arranged in any convenient order or mannerso that when a building of specified type or form is called for thevarious units showing the plans of such building may be assembled forsubmission to the proper authorities, and such assemblage may be'accomplished almost instantly.

As shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, the unit 10 contains plans for themain entrance to a building, including a porch 10, a vestibule 11 and acorridor, 12, while the units 13 and 14 show plans for recitation rooms,including accessory wardrobes 15, corridors 16 and the like. When theunits are assembled they will show the floor plans of a complete tworoom building, and byplacing proper identification marks on the variousunits they may be readily selected and assembled to give the floor planof a complete buildin of any desired extent. Units 17 and 18 indicateend walls, the latter providing a porch 19.

In Figure 2 of the drawings, the units are shown on a reduced scale fromthat shown. in Figure 1, and disclose a plan for a much larglerstructure than that shown in Figure 1, t e units 10, 13 and 14 havingadditional .units associated therewith containing varione additionalclass rooms and communicating corridors which are arranged substantiallyin the form of a double l. and joined onto the outer ends of the units13 and 14. Certain of the units 20 may be formed with extensions 21 toindicate porches and flights of steps leading thereto. In addition tothe units 20, other units may be added, such for example as shown at 22and 23, containing the plans of an auditorium and a gymnasium with thevarious equipments asso ciated therewith and in general units may beprovided to indicate any room or other feature that might be desired byprospective builders in laying their plans.

It will be understood that such other units may be added whereveroccasion may require, and they are so arranged that they will, ifdesired, form a continuation of the plans shown in the drawings orentirely different and distinct plans. The sections 24, I 24 in Figure 2indicate units providing right angle turns and of the double L. Beyondthese-there are 6 shown additional units 20.

By standardizing the various require ments for school or other buildingsand arran 'ng each unit so that it may be assem led with any ofthe otherunits, a to meet the requirements of any prescribed buildin may bequickly assembled to form a comp ete building embodying all of theelements set forth in the specifications for the building. 1 a

As previously stated each unit is mounted upon a suitable base and assuch base is of trelatively thin material all of the units required inconstructing a building of any desired magnitude may be readilytransported from place to place as they will occupy but a minimum amountof space when properly packed to ether. V It will a so be understoodthat in addition here constituting the bends plan to providing unitsdisclosing floor plans, elevational views may be divided into units andassembled in the same manner as the floor plan.

Having this fully describedmy said in-' vention, what I cla1m as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A device for illustrating the floor plans' for standardized buildingscomprising a plurality of sections or units each in itself illustratingand corresponding in relative selectively arranged to illustrate avariety of floor plans, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 21st day of December, A. D. nineteen hundredand twenty two. I

- HARRY M. GRIFFIN. [L. s.]

Witness:

M. L. SHULER.

